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Title: Harvard considers asking applicants about LGBT status
Post by: SandraJane on November 22, 2011, 05:16:43 AM
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Harvard considers asking applicants about LGBT status


by Stephen Gray | 21 November 2011, 3:06pm

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Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard University is considering asking prospective students whether they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, the university's newspaper reports.

William R. Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions, said the university would not be using the question to favour LGBT students in the application process, but that they wanted "to send a positive signal to students".